[help] Sponsoring my fiance to Canada after getting PR

[frightenedpanda]

Hi,

I am planning to get engaged to a foreign citizen in India and wondering if I can sponsor her after I get my PR and if we can get married in Canada and register our marriage there.

Or do we both get married in India first and then I sponsor her to Canada as my spouse?

Please help me clarify the process.

 

[lampbreaker]

If you want her to come to Canada directly as a PR, you will need to get married first and then sponsor her as PR.

She can get a Visitor Visa to come to Canada, get married and you can sponsor her for PR then.

So basically, you have to be married first.

 

[frightenedpanda]

If you want her to come to Canada directly as a PR, you will need to get married first and then sponsor her as PR.

She can get a Visitor Visa to come to Canada, get married and you can sponsor her for PR then.

So basically, you have to be married first.

Ok. So when I get my PR, I come to Canada, then she comes as a visitor and we get married in Canada and then I sponsor her PR? Also, how long do you think that process will take because she will be on a visitor visa and that might end before the process is finished.

 

[DelPiero07]

Ok. So when I get my PR, I come to Canada, then she comes as a visitor and we get married in Canada and then I sponsor her PR? Also, how long do you think that process will take because she will be on a visitor visa and that might end before the process is finished.

About 80% of the applications are being processed within a year.

 

[frightenedpanda]

About 80% of the applications are being processed within a year.

So, if her application is in process can she stay there? I am just confused about what if her visitor visa ending date is before the completion of the process?

 

[DelPiero07]

So, if her application is in process can she stay there? I am just confused about what if her visitor visa ending date is before the completion of the process?

Having a sponsorship application in processing does not give her the right to remain in Canada.

 

[frightenedpanda]

Having a sponsorship application in processing does not give her the right to remain in Canada.

Ah. alright. So there is a chance she might have to return back to her home country and await the decision.

 

[frightenedpanda]

Having a sponsorship application in processing does not give her the right to remain in Canada.

I am just trying to figure out where and how to get married without causing any hindrance to my own and her PR application.

 

[lampbreaker]

If you have not completed your own application, it is best to get married first and then apply together.

 

[frightenedpanda]

If you have not completed your own application, it is best to get married first and then apply together.

My application is already in process. Almost done actually.

 

[lampbreaker]

There are threads on adding spouse after CoPR but before landing, read those up.